3 Aug 2013

It was a proud day in the Gerrard household as football star Steven celebrated 15 years with Liverpool FC on Saturday.After playing in the team's friendly against Olympiakos
earlier in the day, the midfielder swapped his red kit for a dapper
black suit as he brought his wife Alex and their two eldest daughters to
a dinner in his honour.WAG
Alex, 30, showed off her toned and tanned figure in a striking
patterned column gown with thigh-high split as she joined her family for
the evening event at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

So proud: Steven Gerrard celebrates his 15 years
with Liverpool FC with wife Alex and their daughters Lilly-Ella (right)
and Lexie (left) at the Liverpool Echo Arena

Svelte: The fitted dress showed off Alex's tanned and toned physique

With their youngest daughter Lourdes, 21 months, tucked up at home in bed, her big sisters Lilly-Ella, nine, and Lexie, seven, look pretty in their matching dresses in turquoise and red respectively.Earlier that day, Alex ad worn a patterned shirt dress and cowboy ankle boots as she arrived forher husband's Testimonial match at Anfield.While Alex remained in the Director's Box, her daughters were thrilled to join their father on the pitch ahead of the game.

Showing some leg: Alex confidently strode along with her husband and daughters

Close knit: The couple also have a toddler daughter Lourdes, who stayed at home

Taking to Twitter earlier on Saturday, Alex wrote: 'So excited for today , such a big day for my husband !! #veryproud.'

Among
those wishing her congratulations was fellow Liverpudlian WAG Coleen
Rooney, who has frequently socialised with Alex on the Scouse party
scene.Coleen tweeted: '@AlexGerrard7 have a fantastic day love and a big congratulations to Steven xx.'

Cute: Sisters Lilly-Ella and Lexie, who share a two year age gap, wore the same design of dress in different colours

Liverpool ended up winning 2-0, which was a great result to coincide with Steven's big day.In a recent interview, the usually private Steven opened up on meeting his wife on a night out in Liverpool when he was 21.He told the Liverpool Echo: 'It was harassment more than anything, I think... My world changed when I met her.'

Pride: Alex arrives at Anfield stadium for the Liverpool friendly against Olympiakos on Saturday afternoon

After two years together, the couple started a family, with eldest daughter Lilly-Ella arriving in February 2004.Two years later Lexie arrived, followed by Lourdes in 2011.Talking about having a family when he
was 24, he said: 'It was my decision. I felt becoming a father would be
good for my career, to get me even more settled.'

The couple eventually married in 2007 during a lavish ceremony in Buckinghamshire.Although
Alex has become a regular on the Liverpool social scene and used to
have a fashion column with OK! column, Steven doesn't do much red carpet
events outside football.He explained: 'I’m not one for premieres or photo-shoots. Alex is more into the celebrity world than me.'

Family man: Steven Gerrard brought his daughters
Lilly-Ella (right), Lexie (left) and Lourdes (carried) on the pitch
before the match